Babe Ruth Buying the Daily News During Delivery Strike photograph

Date1945 August 04

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth buying a newspaper during the 1945 delivery strike. He is pictured approaching a table with a stack of the Daily News and picking one from the pile. There is a man behind the table helping him. A line of 15 unidentified men are in the background, likely waiting to buy a newspaper. A police officer is visible to the right of Ruth. There are double doors behind the line, and there is a sign above the door that appears to read "National City Bank of New York."

Object numberBL-1996-05433-136

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 012 Baseball Hall of Famers photographic materials

Dimensions9.5 x 7.5 in.

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